Ever Deepening

Impeccability

As children, we are consumers. We perceive life as an opportunity to
explore and sample experience in all of its variations. As we attain
adulthood, we began to grapple with mature responsibility. We are
presented with opportunities to facilitate the accomplishment of goals
larger than those we can accomplish alone. Others depend upon us to do our
part, and that often requires personal sacrifice.

Among those opportunities, we find those that focus our personality on
issues that move us up the arc of life. When we are also focused towards
accomplishing a work that improves the lot of the community that supports
us, we find ourselves focused simultaneously on a personal and social
purpose. This leads us to the state of impeccability: an
alignment of personality and responsibility that ensures our focus remains
on the goal, despite the attempts of competitive parties to draw our
energies elsewhere.

Impeccability is a powerful state. It is powerful because it draws
energy towards us. People less mature than us are looking for experiences,
and so will be interested in hearing our story. In the mode of the
immature, they will attempt to interest us by projecting variations that
establish opportunities for us to enjoy new experiences. When they find
themselves unable to divert us from our purpose, they recognize that they
are being presented with an opportunity to experience a process that comes
along only rarely: the process of creating something that builds their
stature in the community. They are then motivated to become impeccable in
their service to us, and to prepare to take a leadership role in the
future.

Impeccability should not be confused with vision. Vision is the ability
to define and articulate goals. That is an important skill for a leader,
but many visionaries are in the game simply for the attention. They will
be distracted from their purpose by a more powerful vision, even when that
vision does not relate to their personal growth. The best means to
differentiate the visionary from the true leader is to ask what he or she
is getting out of the process. A clear apprehension of their personal
reward is the best guarantee of commitment.